Which Hartford magnet schools are experiencing construction cost overruns and what are their special themes?
The two schools are the Breakthrough Magnet School and the Greater Hartford Classical Magnet School. Breakthrough is a pre-kindergarten-to-grade-8 school with 200 students. According to a description published by the Hartford school district, Breakthrough has a character education theme designed around (1) problem-solving strategies (“Breakdowns to Breakthroughs”), (2) students taking responsibility for their own lives through how they choose to interpret things, (3) learning how a person keeping his word empowers relationships and goals, (4) creating opportunities for students to contribute in the classroom and community, and (5) engaging students to increase knowledge in all areas so they make better choices.
